Nope. This isn’t just a gallon of chocolate milk. This is the cocktail you are going to make for your mom friends before you go see Bad Moms movie on July 29th. Inspired by the movie, I’m showing you how to make a large batch recipe for a Bad Moms White Russian cocktail, perfect for getting a little bad before heading to the theater. Or after. Or whenever you want. That’s how bad moms roll. If you haven’t read my other post with cast interviews, check it out. Then click-through to see how to make this fun bad mom cocktail.
Rose Rimmer for Champagne
I love to find simple ways to make something feel extra special. And while champagne feels pretty darn special on its own, even that can use some dressing up once in a while. I keep dried rose petals on hand so I can easily make my favorite goat cheese appetizer recipe so I like to figure out how else to fit them in to my cocktails or cooking. This rose rimmer for your glass is super simple but adds a fun bit of color and taste to your glass of bubbly.
Champagne Float with Strawberry Lemonade
I’m not going to lie to you. Sometimes when a blogger is working on a post they choose things based on color. I knew a pink cocktail idea would go great with my girl’s night post so I grabbed a bottle of strawberry lemonade. I’ll tell you another secret. Sometimes we don’t add alcohol to the drinks we are shooting. For the most part, I shoot my recipes at 10 am. For me, at least, that is not prime drinking time, so the drinks usually go wasted. What I’m really trying to tell you is that this cocktail recipe started out as a sham and ended up being really delicious and something I think you guys need to make this summer. It’s a simple champagne float that is full of flavor and it is crazy easy to make. No measuring required!
Infused Wine
Have you heard of infused wine? It’s where you take fresh herbs, and maybe some citrus, and let it flavor your wine. I’m a big fan of fresh herbs (and wine, duh) so I decided I needed to try this out for myself. I’m not sure why this isn’t more of a thing. It seems like a super simple way to add your personal touch to a beverage. It is both hippie and Martha Stewart at the same time. And it is SO easy to do! The only hard part is letting the wine sit long enough to pick up the flavors…
Tuna and Noodles Recipe
Did your mom make tuna and noodles for you when you were a kid? Mine did and I LOVED it. I forgot about it for years but then remembered that it would be a fantastic meal idea for those super busy days. You know the ones. Where the last place you want to be is in the kitchen cooking dinner? This is totally different from a tuna casserole recipe and you can make it in one pan right on the stove top! You pretty much only need to boil pasta. Boom. That’s my kind of dinner. You’ll definitely want to pin this tuna and noodles recipe for summer nights! 
It doesn’t really get easier than this. It’s just elbow macaroni, mayonnaise and tuna. I’m gonna tell you right now. I HATE mayo. Like, super hate it. This is the only thing I eat it in. I have to totally plug my nose to measure it but I manage to get through it. Because this is so yummy! I’m not going to cross this super simple meal idea off my list just because mayo makes me want to vomit.
All you have to do is boil pasta. I love pasta based meals. You just turn on the water to boil and then leave the room and do something else. I love a meal that you don’t really have to hover over. This means you can throw on a pot of water the minute you come in (like after a long day at the beach) and have dinner almost done. Once the pasta is done to your liking, you just drain it and put it back in the pan. Then you add your tuna and may and stir it up. That’s all you have to do!
This tuna and noodles recipe needs salt to really be delicious. I like to add a little seasoned salt but that is totally optional. The one thing that is not optional, though, is corn chips. Corn chips are a MUST! The salt is perfect for this dish and the crunch adds another texture that you are sure to love! The best part about this meal? It’s great cold the next day for lunch leftovers! My youngest son loves this dish and so do I! It’s on our short list of quick weeknight dinner ideas.
Tuna and Noodles Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz. box of elbow pasta
- 2 cans of tuns (solid white albacore if possible)
- 1/4 cup mayo (or more if you want this a little more moist)
- seasoned salt, optional
- corn chips Not optional. Don't skip it.
Instructions
- Cook your pasta like you normally would.
- Drain tuna and add to the pan.
- Add 1/4 cup of mayo.
- Stir well.
- Sprinkle on the seasoned salt.
- Place in a bowl and top with corn chips.
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Mojito Recipe with Apple Juice
I’m not an apple juice drinker. I don’t love any juice really. I’m not in to sweet drinks and if I was forced to drink juice, it would be orange juice. Unless I’m at a legit juice place. Then I’ll drink anything. In college, I found a spot that made green apple juice (my apple of choice) and I drank way too much of it. Until I turned 21 then I drank other things, like mojitos…So no one was as surprised as I was when I tasted this Honeycrisp Fresh Pressed Apple Juice from Tree Top and fell in love with it. Tree Top was a sponsor of a recent conference I attended and they served this fresh pressed honeyscrip apple juice in their booth with fresh herbs. It doesn’t taste like regular apple juice. It’s SO much better. It’s the perfect amount of tart and sweet and the flavor is crazy amazing. So of course I had to make a cocktail with it. It just seemed right. I wouldn’t have thought that a mojito recipe could get even better with apple juice but it totally did.
I had never heard of a honeycrisp apple until a few years ago. I’ve always shunned red apples in favor for the tart Granny Smith. But there is something about the honeycrisp that I can’t get enough of. Unfortunately, neither can my sons. They currently aren’t in season as demonstrated by the $13! I just spent for 5 apples at my grocery store on my last trip. But I can’t quit them. This honeycrisp apple juice is easy to find at your store in the non-refrigerated juice section. Go get it. And then make a mojito with apple juice. When I set about wanting to work this juice in to a cocktail I tried a lot of different things. I mixed it with tequila. Nope. I tried some rum. Nuh uh. I didn’t want this cocktail to read too “fall”, which apple juice can easily do. A mojito? No, that would never work. Would it? As I was three cocktails in at this point, I decided to give it a shot. (I didn’t drink all of those first two cocktails, or did I???) But guess what? A mojito recipe with apple juice is AMAZING! It was super refreshing and an awesome summer drink. 
The recipe is really easy to make and the only specialty ingredient you need is the Tree Top honeycrisp apple juice (which I promise is not hard to find like some specialty items). Elderflower drinks were so hot a few years ago. I’m guessing you have a bottle of that already. If not, it is also not hard to find. You don’t have to make a mojito in a cocktail shaker, I like to because it gets everything super chilled which is what you want in a summer drink. Plus I skip the carbonated water so you won’t spray yourself with your drink if you do shake it up. Not that that has ever happened before… Squeeze in some fresh lime juice.
Add your fresh mint and muddle gently. 
Add the apple juice. Let me just pause here to tell you how hard I had to fight my kids off this bottle of juice. They were so in to it, based on our obsession with honeycrisp apples plus they like to be all up in my business when I’m trying to save things for blog posts. AND I wanted to make sure I got some of the rest of the juice once this post was done. Next I added the vodka and the elderflower liqueur.
Then ice. Because cocktails are fantastic when they are icy. 
Shake well. 
And pour over ice. I know you can get more mint flavor if you muddle the leaves right in the glass you are drinking from but I still got the mint flavor this way too. I think the mint and the fresh lime juice really brighten the cocktail. The elderflower gives it a slight floral note and the result is this super delicious, flavorful but light and extra refreshing drink. 
I love bitters for finishing off a cocktail and adding a little more aroma. The one I used had flavors of grapefruit and hibiscus mixed with island spice flavors.
Top it with fresh mint and drink up! I will be making these again for sure. And I’ll probably have a glass of the Tree Top honeycrisp apple juice every morning also. If you haven’t had it, go find it! A mojito recipe is a classic but this twist with apple juice is sure to be your new favorite summer cocktail.
Mojito Recipe with Apple Juice
Ingredients
- 4 oz Tree Top Honeycrisp Fresh Pressed Juice
- 1 oz vodka
- 1 oz elderflower liqueur
- Juice of half a lime
- 12 mint leaves plus some to garnish
- 4 drops flavored bitters (optional)
Instructions
- To a cocktail shaker add your fresh lime juice and about 12 mint leaves.
- Muddle the mint in to the juice.
- Add the apple juice, vodka and elderflower liqueur.
- Add ice and shake well.
- Strain in to a glass of ice (I used a tall glass, but any will work. I think traditionally these are served in rocks glasses)
- Top with flavored bitters and garnish with mint.
- Drink up but enjoy responsibily!
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*I was sent a few bottles of Tree Top Honeycrisp Fresh Pressed Apple Juice to create these cocktails.
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